Suppose you were to collect data for each pair of variables. You want to make a scatterplot. Which variable would you use as the explanatory variable and which as the response variable? Why? What would you expect to see in the scatterplot? Discuss the likely direction, form, and strength.
a) Long-distance calls: time (minutes), cost
b) Lightning strikes: distance from lightning, time delay of the thunder
c) A streetlight: its apparent brightness, your distance from it
d) Cars: weight of car, age of owner.